The difference between chiropractic and every therapeutic approach to the treatment of disease is that chiropractic does not presume to make recommendations specific to an individual’s health needs except to “prescribe” a program for receiving adjustments. When chiropractors stray from this narrow approach for any reason no matter how it is done, a problem is … Read more
In Volume III, No. 3 we published an article concerning the difficulty that the straights have in communicating their philosophy to the mixer element in the profession. We somewhat humorously (at least to us) implied that this inability was because mixers do not understand the English language, have a hearing disorder or are brain damaged. … Read more
Trying to practice chiropractic without the philosophy is like attempting to build a working automobile with no knowledge of the internal combustion engine. The engine is not a luxury option. It is the heart and soul of the automobile. Likewise the philosophy of chiropractic. v3n6
Environment is not the cause. It is the revealer of the problem. It is the manifestant of the inherent cause. v3n6
Does chiropractic fit into the environmental movement? Many chiropractors feel that having a “natural” approach to health aligns us with environmentalists. There are some applications of the principle outlined in the preceding article entitled “Dis-ease” that enable us to better understand our role as chiropractors in our society. One of the arguments of the environmentalists … Read more
An interesting television program, of which I only caught the last few minutes, was broadcast the other evening. It was a documentary on alcohol and drug abuse. There was one especially interesting point brought out. Doctors evaluating alcoholics have heretofore realized the effects of alcohol on the liver, but recently they have come to the … Read more
Occasionally we use the terms “mental impulse” and “nerve impulse” interchangeably. While it probably does no harm when we are explaining chiropractic to patients, nevertheless we should strive for proper use of our technical vocabulary. There are some basic philosophical differences. A mental impulse is a metaphysical thing. It is an innate force traveling over … Read more
Is anybody else out there getting sick of hearing the above term? Somehow the straight movement has been lulled into accepting this term into our vocabulary. I have nothing against expanding our vocabulary, in fact, most of us could do well to increase our vocabulary. There is also nothing wrong with increasing our chiropractic vocabulary. … Read more
Hegelian logic teaches that if something is true then the opposite is, in fact, not true. This logic, applied to the human organism, says that if we can know what is abnormal then we can know what is normal. It is upon this thinking that the practice of medicine is based. The M.D. is able … Read more
Philosophically, we often ascribe to universal intelligence or universal forces a negative connotation, especially when compared to the constructive action of innate intelligence. We observe that innate intelligence builds universal matter (steak and mashed potatoes) into innate matter (living human tissue). We also observe that universal forces which are the manifestation of universal intelligence tend … Read more